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Title: Deep Slab Instability: Loading and Settlement Rate Thresholds Related to Failure â€“ Part II: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Patrick J. Wright, Bob Comey, Chris McCollister, Mike Rheam; Description: Deep slab avalanches, which tend to be large and destructive, remain a challenge to accurately forecast. Using 42 seasons of historical data from Jack...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.08.pdf; Keywords: deep slab, persistent slab, settlement, loading, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Deep Slab Instability: Loading and Settlement Rate Thresholds Related to Failure â€“ Part II

Title: Human-Triggered Slab Avalanche Properties From the Catalan Pyrenees: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Montse Bacardit, Ivan Moner, Jordi GavaldÃ , GlÃ²ria MartÃ, Carles Garcia; Description: During the last three decades in the Catalan Pyrenees (Eastern side of the range), data on avalanche and snowpack characteristics from reported human-...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.09.pdf; Keywords: slab avalanche, avalanche release, human-triggering, snowpack structure, snowpack stability; View additional details about Human-Triggered Slab Avalanche Properties From the Catalan Pyrenees

Title: On How to Measure Snow Mechanical Properties Relevant to Slab Avalanche Release: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Benjamin Reuter, Martin Proksch, Henning Loewe, Alec van Herwijnen, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: The release of a slab avalanche is preceded by a sequence of fractures. The main material properties relevant for the fracture processes are the spec...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-02.pdf; Keywords: snow microstructure, snow mechanical properties, snow fracture, snow stability evaluation, avalanche release; View additional details about On How to Measure Snow Mechanical Properties Relevant to Slab Avalanche Release

Title: The Role of Avalanche Character in Public Avalanche Safety Products: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Karl Klassen, Pascal Haegeli, Grant Statham; Description: Avalanche character is a significant factor in professional decision-making (Atkins, 2004). Weak layer/interface, slab properties, persistence, weak l...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-13.pdf; Keywords: wet slab, slab, cornice; View additional details about The Role of Avalanche Character in Public Avalanche Safety Products

Title: Weather Preceding Persistent Deep Slab Avalanches: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Michael Conlan, Bruce Jamieson; Description: Deep slab avalanches release on persistent weak layers of facets, surface hoar, depth hoar, or poorly bonded crusts and are generally hard to forecast...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-01.pdf; Keywords: deep slab avalanche, persistent weak layer, weather, natural, localized dynamic load; View additional details about Weather Preceding Persistent Deep Slab Avalanches

Title: Modeling a Fluid/Solid Transition in Snow Weak Layers Application to Snow Avalanche Release: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: FranÃ§ois Louchet, Alain Duclos, Stephane Caffo; Description: A transition between solid and a fluid-like phases was evidenced and studied in the material made of loose ice crystals involved in snow avalanche re...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-11.pdf; Keywords: slab, triggering, weak layer, collapse, shear, whumpf; View additional details about Modeling a Fluid/Solid Transition in Snow Weak Layers Application to Snow Avalanche Release

Title: Winter Terrain Roughness as a New Parameter to Define Size and Location of Avalanche Release Areas: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Jochen Veitinger, B. Sovilla, R. S. Purves; Description: Location and size of avalanche release areas are crucial inputs in modelling of avalanche dynamics as, together with fracture depth, they determine th...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-47.pdf; Keywords: roughness, slab avalanche, snow distribution; View additional details about Winter Terrain Roughness as a New Parameter to Define Size and Location of Avalanche Release Areas

Title: Measurements at Recent Deep Slab Avalanches: Date: 2012; Authors: Michael J.W. Conlan, David Tracz, Bruce Jamieson; Description: Hard-to-forecast deep slab avalanches can release unpredictably under diverse conditions ranging from storms to clear days to locally induced stress t...; Object ID: issw-2012-055-061.pdf; Keywords: persistent weak layer, cohesive slab, avalanche forecasting, snow stability, snow strength; View additional details about Measurements at Recent Deep Slab Avalanches

Title: Comparing Local Stream Flow Peaks to the Onset of Wet Avalanche Cycles: Date: 2012; Authors: Mark Saurer; Description: When the snow has melted from the valley floors, peak flow levels in our local streams may help predict the onset of annual wet avalanche events. Park...; Object ID: issw-2012-069-076.pdf; Keywords: wet slab avalanches, avalanche forecasting, stream discharge; View additional details about Comparing Local Stream Flow Peaks to the Onset of Wet Avalanche Cycles

Title: Formation of Depth Hoar Resulting from Thermal Optimization of Snow Microstructure: Date: 2012; Authors: Patrick J. Staron, Edward E. Adams, Daniel A. Miller; Description: Snow metamorphism can be described by the flows of heat and mass that result from gradients of temperature and water vapor concentration. The size of...; Object ID: issw-2012-186-193.pdf; Keywords: entropy, metamorphism, microstructure, optimization, snow, thermodynamics; View additional details about Formation of Depth Hoar Resulting from Thermal Optimization of Snow Microstructure

Title: Numerical Modeling of Fracture Propagation in Slabs: Date: 2010; Authors: Chris Borstad, David McClung; Description: We present the results of numerical simulations of tensile failure of snow samples. Several material models for quasibrittle tensile failure were impl...; Object ID: ISSW_O-042.pdf; Keywords: fracture propagation, slab avalanche, elastic modulus, fracture energy; View additional details about Numerical Modeling of Fracture Propagation in Slabs

Title: A Recipe for Widespread Persistent Deep Slab Avalanche Characteristics in Western Canada: Date: 2010; Authors: Cam Campbell, Matt MacDonald; Description: Of the 29 avalanche fatalities during the avalanche season of 2002-03 in western Canada, at least 14 were attributed to persistent deep slab avalanche...; Object ID: ISSW_P-059.pdf; Keywords: slab avalanche, fatalities, snowpack, weather conditions; View additional details about A Recipe for Widespread Persistent Deep Slab Avalanche Characteristics in Western Canada

Title: 2010 Saddle Peak Avalanche: Sidecountry Challenges, Misconceptions, and Lessons: Date: 2010; Authors: Doug Chabot, Mark Staples, Karl Birkeland, Eric Knoff; Description: On February 16th, 2010 a person accidentally kicked off a cornice that triggered a large slide on Saddle Peak immediately outside Bridger Bowlâ€™...; Object ID: ISSW_O-063.pdf; Keywords: cornice, facets, hard slab, slide, safety; View additional details about 2010 Saddle Peak Avalanche: Sidecountry Challenges, Misconceptions, and Lessons

Title: Characterizing Wet Slab and Glide Slab Avalanche Occurrence Along the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA: Date: 2010; Authors: Erich H. Peitzsch, Jordy Hendrikx, Daniel B. Fagre, Blase Reardon; Description: Wet slab and glide slab snow avalanches are dangerous and yet can be particularly difficult to predict. Both wet slab and glide slab avalanches are th...; Object ID: ISSW_P-066.pdf; Keywords: wet slab, going to-the-sun road, snotel site, free water, snowpack; View additional details about Characterizing Wet Slab and Glide Slab Avalanche Occurrence Along the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Title: An Extreme Slush and Slab Avalanche Event in High Arctic Maritime Svalbard: Date: 2010; Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Hanne H. Christiansen; Description: Ten slush avalanches and 31 slab avalanches were observed and documented in a 16.8 kmÂ² large mountainous area, around Svalbardâ€™s main settle...; Object ID: ISSW_P-093.pdf; Keywords: slushflow, snowpack, solid precipitation; View additional details about An Extreme Slush and Slab Avalanche Event in High Arctic Maritime Svalbard

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